Mary J. Blige - The Tour (1998)

When Mary J. Blige's debut album, What's the 411?, hit the streets
in July 1992, critics and fans were floored by its powerful
combination of modern soul and edgy hip-hop production that glanced
off of the pain and grit of the singer's New York upbringing.

Blige instantly became a distinct force in R&B, and throughout a
three-decade career has put the full power of her voice behind her
music, exorcizing her demons and consequently softening her style,
yet never ceding her rank as "the Queen of Hip-Hop Soul".

Each one of the singer's proper studio albums has debuted within the
Top Ten of the Billboard 200, highlighted by a streak of five
multi-platinum titles lasting through No More Drama (2001), and Best
R&B Album Grammy awards for The Breakthrough (2005) and Growing
Pains (2007). As she continued to add to her rich catalog in the
2010s, a new generation of artists cited her as an influence and
sought her out for collaborations.

These included Kendrick Lamar's "Now or Never" and Disclosure's "F
for You," just to name the Grammy-nominated recordings. Blige's
co-headlining performance at the Super Bowl LVI half-time show
coincided with the release of her first album of the 2020s, Good
Morning Gorgeous (2022).

"The Tour" recorded from two shows in Los Angeles at the Universal
Amphitheater in 1997-1998 during Blige's Share My World tour in the
US.